Ed Miliband returns to shadow cabinet as shadow energy secretary
Ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband has been announced as the new shadow energy secretary as he makes a return to the shadow cabinet.
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Emissions reductions 'need to start being delivered', DfT says as it outlines decarbonisation priorities
The government has outlined its priorities for its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, slated for publication in Autumn 2020.
BEIS aiming to publish energy white paper in spring despite COVID-19
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is aiming to have the long-awaited energy white paper out in spring, it confirmed today.
Current± caught up with OVO Energy's director of EVs Tom Pakenham to discuss the impact an earlier ICE ban will have on the industry, the importance of smart charging technologies and what more needs to be done ahead of 2035.
Budget 2020: Mixed reactions from energy sector as Budget lacks net zero ambition
Current± spoke to companies, groups and charities operating in the energy and environmental space to gauge their reactions to the fabled red briefcase.
Budget 2020: Carbon capture given £800 million boost as renewables sidestepped
Funding boosts for carbon capture and storage (CCS), electric vehicles (EVs) and nuclear announced, as renewables are once again absent from the UK's Budget.
Innovation 'essential' to meet net zero by 2050, Energy Systems Catapult finds
Government must enable more innovation for net zero, the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) has concluded.
Green jobs could grow by 85% if given government support, says REA
Green jobs in the UK could surge by 85% over the next decade if supported by the right governmental policy, according to a new report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
Flexibility, onshore wind and innovation: The industry's hopes for the energy white paper
Baroness Bloomberg recently reasserted that the long awaited Energy White Paper is due at the end of Q1 this year, but what should be included in it? Current± spoke to industry bodies, charities and political groups to find out what they want to see included.